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Plumblossom
delved beneath the apparently placid surface of
village life to shine a light on tensions at the heart of a family.
Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings
followed a mother who
found it impossible to love her child.
Two Truths and Lie
Two Truths and Lie
explored the impact
of a revelation on three siblings at their
parents’ 30th wedding anniversary.
Maximum Sentence
Plumblossom
Maximum Sentence
centred on an
injustice that carried the death penalty.
Lower sixth A Level students
created four new plays for
audiences in the St Helen’s studio
theatre. All four drew inspiration
from the same starting points -
an extract from OA Mike Bartlett’s
2010 play,
Earthquakes in
London
, and the approaches of
Cornwall-based theatre company
Kneehigh. Congratulations to
Reuben Havelock, Archie Gittos,
Arthur Musson, Joseph Salter
and their St Helen’s counterparts
on the pieces: all four plays
offered their audiences varied,
thought-provoking, and hugely
satisfying theatrical experiences.